5 questions Medicare Advantage data doesn't answer

Becker's Healthcare April 25, 2023
Rylee Wilson

A lack of data about Medicare Advantage plans means there are several unanswered questions about the program, according to an analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation.

The analysis, published April 25, breaks down the kinds of Medicare Advantage data not publicly available. Some missing data is not collected from insurers by CMS, and some data is collected by the agency but not available to the public.

Here are five questions researchers can’t answer without more data, according to Kaiser Family Foundation:

1. Insurers are not required to report how many enrollees use supplemental benefits and if members incur out-of-pocket costs with their supplemental benefits. Without this data, researchers can’t answer what share of enrollees use their supplemental benefits,...

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